Family Secrets

Bonnie is raised in a cult— but at the time she doesn’t even know it. She only knows extreme isolation and abuse. And what she’ll come to know is that she must break free.

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As Ciaran uncovers dark and hidden truths about his family, he must ask himself: what's in a name? And what's not?

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A trip to France. An act of profound violence. A marriage--a whole world-- forever changed.

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Nadia and Sasha are The Bowers Sisters. But when tragedy strikes, one sister must investigate all she's lost, and all she's never known.

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Family Secrets is back! And with more secrets and stories than ever before. Make sure to download, resubscribe, and tune in next week, October 8th, for an extraordinary conversation to kick things off.

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In our extraordinary season finale, Mary Afsari shows us how our unknowable pasts—the tragedies, traumas, and truths—can shape a future and change a life. Many lives, in fact.

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When Emily returns from a family trip, she tells people she has a “crazy story” but it’s more than that. It’s always more than that.

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Casey’s biological mother doesn’t want to be found. But still, Casey seeks to find her. Needs to. And when she does, a deluge of truth pours forth.

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Tom’s father takes up all the oxygen in the room with a presence that's larger than life. Larger, in fact, than the many lives he keeps hidden from his wife and children. Tom must reckon with this legacy as he sets out to forge his own.

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For most of her life, Darcy’s identity is a mystery. Who’s her mother? Who’s her father? And who, in the end, is she?

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A childhood rife with political upheavel, violence and loss. An adulthood overtaken by distrust and manipulation. And then, finally, the truest friend and companion -- a Jack Russell terrier named Coco--helps Fatima break free and discover the joy that awaits her.

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When tragedy befalls Laurie’s crowded family, she and her eight remaining siblings—and their deeply detached and peculiar parents—must navigate the unthinkable. And too, the unsayable—because in this haunted home, nothing is said at all.

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First: a hidden sibling. Then: an unbelievably harrowing hostage situation. As Mimi moves through life, she must confront the scarring secrets stacked against her.

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Growing up, Jackie is a self-described “girl’s girl” in family full of women - surrounded by her sister, mother, and several loving aunts. But a generational secret has been kept, and Jackie will slowly learn that she is deeply impacted by this secret and the silence surrounding it — one that shapes her life from the inside out.

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A seemingly perfect marriage—a whole life—shatters overnight when Belle discovers her husband’s betrayal and uncovers the silences and stories that have come to define her. As everything collapses, she must decide whether to protect the narrative she’s been handed or finally confront the truth.

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Join us for a new season of Family Secrets. We're back with 10 new stories starting May 7th.

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A message from Dani, with an update on the next season of Family Secrets.

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After being coerced into homeschool by a mother whose love threatens to consume him, Stefan must confront how an isolated childhood shrouded in secrecy will shape his life.

Stefan Merrill Block's memoir is titled Homeschooled.

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Marion and Tony are madly, deeply in love. But there are obstacles to their relationship, namely Tony’s sexual preference. When Tony loses his life to AIDS, Marion discovers just how many obstacles there really were.

This year is the 30th Anniversary of Marion Winik's memoir, First Comes Love.

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In his locked study, Dorothy’s father works on his book. For years. And years. And years. But it’s not until after his death that Dorothy uncovers the secrets in between its unfinished pages.

Dorothy Roberts is the author of The Mixed Marriage Project: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Family.

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